Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठ उवाच । या वंध्यास्मिञ्जले पूर्णे स्नानमात्रं करिष्यति । सापि पुत्रमवाप्नोति सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्

Transliteration

vasiṣṭha uvāca | yā vaṃdhyāsmiñjale pūrṇe snānamātraṃ kariṣyati | sāpi putramavāpnoti sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

Translation

Vasiṣṭha sprach: „Selbst eine unfruchtbare Frau, die nur in diesem von Heiligkeit erfüllten Wasser badet, erlangt einen Sohn, gezeichnet von allen glückverheißenden Merkmalen.“

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• या: who
• या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• वंध्या: a barren woman
• वंध्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अस्मिन्: in this
• अस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; निर्देश/समीपवाचक सर्वनाम

• जले: water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• पूर्णे: when full/filled
• पूर्णे: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying जले)

• स्नानमात्रम्: only bathing
• स्नानमात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास

• करिष्यति: will do
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), 'also/even'

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नोति: obtains
• अवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: marked with all auspicious signs
• सर्वलक्षणलक्षितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षित (कृदन्त; लक्ष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वैः लक्षणैः लक्षितम्)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka et al. (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vasiṣṭha speaks with calm certainty, hand raised in blessing; the spring is shown as brimming (‘pūrṇa’) and radiant. A symbolic child with auspicious marks (tilaka, lotus-like signs) is hinted as the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nāga-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rishi-vākya (the sage’s word) seals the tīrtha’s efficacy; faith joined with a simple rite is portrayed as powerful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāga-tīrtha—its water is described as pūrṇa (full), i.e., charged with sacred potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna-mātra in the tīrtha-water, with the promised fruit of a virtuous, auspiciously marked son.